Definitions for quaestorˈkwɛs tər, ˈkwi stər

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quaestor(noun)

any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)

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quaestor(Noun)

an ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.

Origin: Latin quaestor, from an old participle form of quaerere.

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Quaestor(noun)

same as Questor

Origin: [L.]

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Quaestor

A quaestor was a type of public official in the "cursus honorum" system who supervised financial affairs. In the Roman Republic a quaestor was an elected official, but in the Roman Empire, quaestors came to be simply appointed.
Today the term quaestor is used as a senior police rank in Italy and Romania, and as the title of an office of financial oversight in some organizations.